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TEMPORARY BINDER. No. 359,141. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE,

EBEN COPELAND FALES, OF FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,141, dated March a, 1887.

(ModeL) To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EBEN COPELAND FALns, of Foxborough, in the county of Norfolk and State of l\.[assachnsetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved temporary binder, and it is designed particularly to hold separate leaves, which may be separately inserted or added, and is cheaply made.

In the accompany drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, one of the backing-strips being shown as turned back for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the invention.

-In the drawings the strip A is of gummed cloth or paper, preferably of cloth. One edge is re-enforced on one or both sides preferably on both sidesby a strip of cloth or paper or other thin flexible material, to form a still strong backing, by means of which the leaves maybe connected. lhe edge thus re-enforced is perforated, as shown in the drawings at a a, to receive the binding tapes or strings I), by which the strips are connected to each other. The strip A is gummed at its front edge on both sides, preferably, and is adapted thereby to receive two leaves; but it may be used with gum on one side for single leaves.

The leaves may be readily applied by wetting the gummed margin of the strip back to the edge of the re-enforcing strip, and this serves as a guiding-edge by which the position of the leaf may be determined. The two leaves may be turned separately on the inner edge of the gnmmed strip A, which would then remain stationary; or they may be turned together by turning over the strip A itself. The leaf on each side is substantially flush with the re-enforcing strip, and thus the binder, when filled, is of uniform thickness.

I claim as my invention- A temporary binder consisting of a central strip, A, the re-enforcing strip secured thereto upon either face thereof, and the gum med faces of the strip A adapted to receive the leaves upon either side, whereby the flush surface is produced, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subseribi ng witnesses.

EBEN COPELAND FALES.

YVitnesses:

J. E. POND, Jr., J ABEZ B. DAVIDSON. 

